An update to this little space of mine on the net, like finally huh? Haha I guess life has been a little busy these days that I totally forgot about this blog of mine. As much as I remind myself to conscientiously update my blog, I found myself occupied with things over the weekend. Currently, I am still serving my National Service (NS) so I have time for myself mostly during weekends which are sadly, a span of 2 days per week. Now, looking at the date, May 20, 2012, it's been more than a year since I enlisted into NS! In less than a year's time, I would find myself onto a whole new adventure in my life again!

I tend to see myself in NS as a working adult actually, being at work (camp) from Mondays to Fridays, followed by own personal time on Saturdays and Sundays and the cycle continues. Given that circumstance, I find myself having more time to really think about life in general, life lessons, perspectives, relationships, etc. Nonetheless, there's the time to really indulge myself with leisure activities such as watching shows, surfing the Internet, reading books and learning more about life skills which I believe, would benefit me in the years to come.

Recently, my brother introduced to this comedy drama titled "How I Met Your Mother". Rings a bell? Haha I watched every single episode from Season 1 all the way to Season 7 which I am currently catching up on. The show's great, or awesome, like what the characters like to say. For those of you who don't know the storyline, it's about the main lead, named Ted, who narrates to his 2 children in 2030 about his love life back from the time he started dating till the moment he met their mother. Well, it isn't just about his love life. Instead, it's more about the friendships, life lessons, perspectives from his own life experiences that he shares with his kids. What really attracts me to this comedy drama would be that very fact that it acknowledges that life isn't perfect and it reflects the reality of our lives. No one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes and through the years in the show, everyone grew and became wiser, be it moral values, love, friends or about life. The use of flashbacks and times where the narrator, old Ted, forgets certain details while trying to recall things that happened decades ago makes it more realistic to me. But not to forget, there's the humorous part of the show: the way they make jokes, their funny interactions and behaviours are absolutely something which you won't wanna miss!

"How I Met Your Mother" intrigues issues about love, life, friendship, relationships and etc, which gets me thinking sometimes during some parts of the show. For instance, about pursuing your own dreams versus the reality that forces you to take up jobs which maybe against your dreams; resisting changes to our lives versus accepting change and moving on with our lives; managing anger - swallow it, throw it someone else's face or letting it go; or even about the uncertainty future of our lives, be it love, etc, versus the things that happened in the past which have became history. There's a takeaway or rather you would like to call it 'moral of the story' from certain segments of the show which I believe would broaden my horizons about life. 

Okay, if I were to continue rambling about "How I Met Your Mother", I think I'm going start a whole new drama review anytime soon. As time goes by, I will talk about some significant lessons which I have taken away from the show. For now, let's not get bogged into the specifics.

Going back to my current life, I am starting to think a lot about my university studies. Given that the last time I touched something chemistry was like March 2011, I guess I am gonna get rusty at it pretty soon at the end of the year. Not to forget, my friends told me that Chemistry at university level ain't just chemistry. A lot of Math, Physics and Biology are involved so I guess it's gonna start all over again then...oh well haha. No longer any economical theory required (hopefully) but having no Biology background be it at A'level or O'level seems kind of effy. Gosh, the last time I talk about Biology was like Secondary 2? I guess that's not helping either.

Anyway, I'm a little tempted to start reading up university chemistry. Well, I did a little research on the chemistry textbooks that NUS students mostly uses on the Internet and read some book reviews, etc. I've managed to get find some titles which seems to be widely used by university students. Maybe someday I drop by at Kinokuniya to get a preview of how those books are like. They don't seem cheap and easy to understand either, haha. Okay, no promises but I'll get myself to start revising my science and math by the end of the year, when things start to go at a slower pace because the busy time of the year at work is about to start, or maybe it has started if I hadn't realised. Oops. I'm not trying to a mugger or whatever you call it because I haven't heard that in a while, simply because the 2 year lapse of not being involved in academics seems to have got my momentum lost in studies, which I believe, by the year 2013. For people studying courses like business, finance, accounting, they at most need their math or economics knowledge right? Not to be understating or generalising, but it seems to me that no technical knowledge of chemistry, physics or biology would be of much help to students in those courses. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know.

Anyway, I have a big and aspiring goal this year, which is to run my very own 42km marathon. And yes, by that I refer to the Standard Chartered Marathon. Of course, I am not going to sit down here typing the keyboard away till December and then start hitting the roads. Progressive, and that's the word. I'm going to participate in more runs, and slowly run my way up till 42km. I've signed myself a NTUC/nEbo package to run 3 running events and I've signed myself for the 30km Newton Run in October. I'm looking out for the Adidas King of the Road in September and finally Standard Chartered Marathon in December. By looking at the distance it sounds challenging and risky but I believe that this year would be the fittest year that I will be, so I'm putting all my stakes for this year's running events and make it a indelible milestone of my life.